Theme: statement

Viasna protests ongoing repression of its activists Statement by the Board of the Human Rights Center “Viasna” March 5, 2020 The Main Department for Investigation of Crimes in the Sphere of Organized Crime and Corruption of the Central Office of…

On February 16, 2021 the massive searches, detentions and interrogations of human rights defenders and journalists took place accross Belarus. The searches started early in the morning and lasted for several hours, the latest ended by night. Several activists have…

Ahead of the High Representative’s upcoming visit to Moscow, Amnesty International is writing to urge the EU to take robust and public action to support those in Russia who courageously defend human rights in the face of spiralling levels of…

On 30 December, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a series of laws that would allow individuals to be labeled as ’foreign agents’ if they engage in politics – in the broad meaning of the term – in Russia and receive…

What they really want is to have the opportunity to accuse anyone of anything at any moment. The less predictable accusations and the less evidence are the better. Because these are exactly the repressions. The random executions in the streets,…

”When I remember the things that happened to me my heart stops beating.” — A former prisoner recalls his time in detention. The NGOs jointly issuing this statement urge the Uzbekistani authorities to live up to their international human rights…